Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You By EMILY BADGER, QUOCTRUNG BUI and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER SEPT. 9, 2017 Amazon has set off a scrum among cities that are hoping to land the company’s second headquarters — with the winner getting the prize of a $5 billion investment and 50,000 new jobs over the next two decades. We’re offering to help, using Amazon’s own criteria to identify a win..